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    Bangood -Machinefit store

    At the risk of offending buy North American fans there is a Chinese site called Bangood . In general its like Aliexpress . There is a store called Machinefit . They sell good machining items like carbide , holders ect . The stuff I have got from them came surprisingly fast and priced very...
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    Help identify metal

    the metal is resulfurized steel great for machining no good to weld
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    Standard Modern Longitudinal Feed Disengagement

    Hello I live in Cambridge Ontario if there is anyone in the general area . My question is about disengaging the feed on my SM 13 x 40 lathe . If the feed lever is moved just enough to start things moving disengagement is ok but if the lever is moved to its full travel position the force to...
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    Keyway Broaching tools?

    Hi Brent If you don't mine buying Chinese a site called Banggood has inexpensive machine shop items . The down side is it will take 6 weeks to arrive and some time to fish around the site to find what you want . Cutting keyways in tempered 4140 is doable with hss with oil a few times .
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    Hello new member from Cambridge Ontario,,,,, hovercraft57

    Hello All - I have a welding background so feel free to ask questions . I am a retired shop teacher but work time to time as a UA welder. In my garage shop I have a 9 x 42 first vertical mill with dro , 10 inch rotary table , metric standard modern lathe , bandsaws , welder tig and stick ,, belt...
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